Exhibition of the week

Constantinople to Istanbul : One City, Two Empires

From the tulips and silks of the Ottoman court, back in time to the Emperor Constantine’s palace, this is a sumptuous and haunting mystery tour.

V&A South Kensington, London, 7 November to 9 May

Also showing

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant

Two modern painters, one complex relationship in an exhibition that takes you to the heart of the early 20th century Bloomsbury Group.

Tate Britain, London, from 12 November

Ida Applebroog

Angry Birds of America, a series of animal images that updates Audubon for the Trump era, and naked portraits of people that celebrate human variety.

Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, until 11 February

Glenn Brown

The superbly decadent contemporary painter takes on the luscious genius of Thomas Gainsborough.

Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, until 18 April

Alexis Kyle Mitchell

An exhibition about health inequalities and the way people’s bodies are judged.

Site Gallery, Sheffield, until 21 March

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